Susan L Forsburg PhD wrote:
And in the my-organism-eats-your-organism stakes, the Drosophila
floating around our lab are a real problem. Them LOVE pombe. WE did
an experiement in the fly lab next door: two vials of liquid culture
media, one with cerevisiae, one with pombe. The assay: count the
number of drowned Drosophila in each vial to determine their
preference. The results? 6 out of 7 Drosophila prefer pombe!
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I have no stakes in this, since I like both yeasts, but this data
does have other possible interpretations, for example, that less
coordinated drosophila prefer pombe. The best resturaunts aren't
necessarily the ones with the most corpses... : ) Another experiment to try,
before sending that paper to Nature, is to count eggs laid on
open petri dishes with similar amounts of one of the two yeasts.
Best regards,
Andy Papp
TRITECH_RESEARCH at LAMG.COM